T Targeting Tasmania’s King George Whiting by Jarvis Wall
A big whiting that fell victim to a big soft plastic
he King George Whiting would have to be up there with one of the tastiest table fish with fins, but there is more to them than just that. They’re an excellent sports fish on light tackle and provide an excellent prospect for the shallow water and land based angler when using either lures or bait. Some of the best fun I’ve had fishing has been targeting these aggressive and cunning scrappers with soft plastics on light tackle. I’ll share some of the steps I use to approach them with this method as well as some insights on how I target them with more traditional methods such as bait and burley.
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What is a King George Whiting? A King George Whiting or KGW for short is the largest species in the Whiting clan. It’s a relatively slow growing species with a life span reaching up to 20 years of age. Juveniles are most commonly found in estuaries and bays and the large adults move between the offshore reefs to spawn in the cooler months and the coastal weed beds and reefs in summer to fatten up. Occasionally, they’ll also show up in big river mouths on weed beds. They have the potential to grow to well over 70cm in length but 60cm is regarded as a trophy sized fish. Fishing News - Page 27
